International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 20, September 2020

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS ................................................. 3
2. Other NEWS .................................................... 9
3. Conference Announcements .......................... 15
4. Internet Resource List .................................... 16
5. Disaster Related Journals ............................... 18
6. New Books ..................................................... 21
7. Selected Article References ........................... 38
8. Miscellaneous ................................................ 40

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1. IDRIM NEWS

Message from the Editorial TeamThe IDRiM Society wants to express empathy for those effected andsuffering from the consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We,
as a Society, are committed to learning from the current events,
promoting integrated disaster risk research, building on our networks
and our members’ expertise. Together we may understand the failures,challenges, and identify best-practices that may help us be better
prepared for future events. We are committed to identifying
opportunities for enhancing sector knowledge and supporting thetranslation of these into practical solutions.
We wish everyone the best for the coming months. We hope you may
stay safe and take care of yourself, your loved ones, and those aroundyou.
Editorial Team
IDRiM Newsletter

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IDRiM Virtual Workshop
On behalf of the IDRiM Board of Directors, the IDRiM Organizing
Committee and the Local Host Committee, I would like thank you foryour participation in the IDRiM Virtual Workshop!
A special thanks to our keynote speakers, Prof. Orwin Renn and Prof.
Adam Rose, as well as all session chairs for taking time out of your busy
schedule to join this event. Thanks also to all presenters, and participants.
It is because of your active participation, excellent presentations andlively discussions that we can say that this IDRiM Virtual Workshop
was a complete success. The high number of participants, the diversityof countries and regions, and multi-disciplinary topics highly exceeded
our expectations. I learned a lot, and feel energized and motivated tocontinue working hard for IDRiM and in my own research.
I must say that although we lacked the opportunity to meet face to face,
the online event did provide an informal setting which in many ways, atleast for me, allowed me to feel at home and to have a personalconnection with many of you.
As with all events, I am sure there are things we could have done
differently, and that we can improve. We learned a lot from hosting theevent and hope that if we hold future online events, we can do better.
For example, I think it would be great to add the possibility of one toone or small group interactions. If you have comments or suggestions
please do send them to us. They will be very helpful.
Thank you all and keep safe.
Best regards,
Ana Maria Cruz
President
IDRiM Society
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Dear members of the IDRiM Society
We are making a call to all members of the Society interested incontributing to the Society more actively by engaging in one or more of
our committees.
The following is a list of IDRiM committees and the current members. If
you think you are interested in contributing to one of these committees,or have ideas for new activities/ committees, please email us. Tell us
which committee you are interested in contributing to, and why you
would like to contribute, or tell us about any other ideas you have. We
welcome your ideas!
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Ana Maria Cruz, PhD
President
IDRiM Society

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List of Committees and members
Committees(1) Review Charter and Bylaws: Andrew Collins (Chair),andrew.collins@northumbria.ac.uk;
Bijay Misra, Hiro Tatano, Mohsen Ashtiany, Peijun Shi, Charles
Scawthorn, Norio Okada.
(2) Web Site IDRiM Society: Michinori
Hatayama (Chair),hatayama@imdr.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp;
Mohsen Ashtiany and Ayuna Matthews(3) Newsletter: Stefan Hochrainer (Chair), hochrain@iiasa.ac.at
Munetta Yokomatsu, Subho Samaddar, Ana Maria Cruz, Matthias
Dorfstaetter(4) Advisory Committee (Associated Organization/Public
Relations): Norio Okada (Chair), kyotookanori@gmail.com;
Joanne Bayer, Peijun Shi, Mohsen Ashtiany, Hiro Tatano, Katsuya
Yamori, Manas Chatterji, Aniello Amendola,* Munetta Yokomatsu*,
Subho Samaddar*, Elisabeth Krausmann*(5) Journal & Publications: Ana Maria Cruz (Chair),anamaria@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Elisabeth Krausmann, Yoshio Kajitani, Liu Tiezhong, Subho Samaddar(6) Membership: Bijayanand Misra (Chair),bijayanand.misra@gmail.com
Adam Rose, Hirokazu Tatano, Peijun Shi, Norio Okada, Mohsen
Ashtiany

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(7) Events Organizing: Hirokazu Tatano (Chair),tatano@imdr.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Andrew Collins, Adam Rose, Joanne Bayer, Ana Maria Cruz, Norio
Okada, Ye Tao, Bijay Misra(8) Finance: Hirokazu Tatano (Chair), tatano@imdr.dpri.kyotou.ac.jp
Muneta Yokomatsu, Qian Ye, Ana Maria Cruz*(9) Awards: Adam Rose (Chair), adam.rose@usc.edu
Hiro Tatano, Mohsen Ashtiany, Dan Wei*
(10) Young Scientists’ Session: Muneta Yokomatsu (Chair),yokomatsu.muneta.7v@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Wei Xu, Junko Mochizuki, Yoko Matsuda,
Ana Maria Cruz
(11) Social Media Committee: Matt Dorfstaetter (Chair),matthias.dorfstaetter@hotmail.com
Amir Lolo, Iman Ahmadi, Dimitrios Tzioutzios

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IDRiM Book Series
The Editors of the IDRiM Book Series invite submissions. Please send a
one-pageprospectus
toProfessors
Norio
Okada
(kyotookanori@gmail.com) or Adam Rose (adam.rose@usc.edu)
Till now 4 books have been published in this Series:

Title

Title

Title

Title

Defining and
Measuring
Economic
Resilience from aSocietal,
Environmental andSecurity
Perspective

Economic
Consequence
Analysis ofDisasters

Disaster Risk
Communication
A Challenge from a
Social Psychological
Perspective

Extreme andSystemic Risk
Analysis

The E-CAT
Software Tool

AuthorRose, Adam

AuthorRose, A. (et al.)AuthorYamori, Katsuya(Ed.)

AuthorHochrainerStigler, Stefan

Year
2017

Year
2017

Year
2020

Year
2020

More information about the Series can be found
at: https://www.springer.com/series/13465

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2. Other NEWS

CRED Natural Disasters 2019 Report
Published
From the press release:https://reliefweb.int/report/world/natural-disasters-2019“In 2019, 396 natural disasters were recorded in EM-DAT with 11,755
deaths, 95 million people affected and 103 billion US$1 in economic
losses across the world. The burden was not shared equally as Asia
suffered the highest impact and accounted for 40% of disaster events,
45% of deaths and 74% of the total affected. India was hit hardest andrecorded nearly 20% of the total deaths and 24.5% of the total number ofpeople affected. Floods were the deadliest type of disaster accounting for43.5% of deaths, followed by extreme temperatures at 25% (mainly due
to heat waves in Europe) and storms at 21.5%. Storms affected thehighest number of people, accounting for 35% of the total affected,
followed by floods with 33% and droughts with 31%.
In comparison to the previous decade (2009-2018), in 2019 there weremore disasters compared to the annual average of 343 events, fewer
deaths compared to the annual average of 45,212, fewer number ofpeople affected compared to the annual average of 184.7 million people,
and lower economic losses compared to the annual average of $176
billion. This decrease in impact is due to the absence of massive disasterevents such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti (222,500 deaths); the 2015/2016 drought in India (330 million people affected); and the 2011 Japan
earthquake and tsunami ($210 billion in damages).

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The deadliest events recorded in 2019 were the summer heat waves that
affected Europe, more specifically France, Belgium and the Netherlands,
with over 2500 deaths. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) ranked 2019 as the second warmest year onrecord.
Temperature records were also shattered on individual country levels:
for the first time, Belgium and the Netherlands recorded temperatures
over 40°C. In general, the impact of heat waves remains grossly
underestimated. This is primarily due to underreporting in developing
countries, where temperatures often exceed European values by a large
margin and local populations have limited possibilities to protect
themselves from heat wave exposure.
The following most deadly event consisted of the flood in India due tothe high monsoon rains, which lasted from July to October and affected
13 states (mainly in the North) and caused nearly 2000 dead. Twostorms were the next deadliest: cyclone Idai affected central
Mozambique and Zimbabwe (March) with over 1200 deaths /missing;and storm Dorian affected the United States and the Bahamas in
September with at least 358 deaths /missing. We recorded more than
twice as many floods (194) as storms (91) this year, both types affecting
nearly 64 million people worldwide. The African continent wasparticularly affected by storms in 2019: 11 recorded events accounted
for a total of 1300 deaths and affected over 4.5 million people. One
month after cyclone Idai, Mozambique was hit by another cyclone in thenorth, Kenneth, which is considered to be the strongest cyclone to ever
hit the African continent.
Fortunately, cyclone Kenneth’s official death toll was much lower than
Idai’s, with only 45 fatalities reported. Nevertheless, the cyclone leftnearly 400,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance in a country
still struggling from the previous disaster.

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The deadliest geophysical event was the earthquake that hit Albania in
November, and which killed 51 people. There was only one volcanic
eruption with a deadly impact in 2019, namely the White Island eruption
in New Zealand in December. This event was broadly covered by the
media. The year was also marked by large wildfires around the world
which caught the public’s attention. The total damage and economic costshould reach 30 billion US$ in 2019. This estimate is likely to change inthe future once there is more precise insight on the exact impact. At least
14 wildfires started in 2019, of which the most important were:• California/USA (Kincade, Saddleridge and Sandalwood fires, October)with low human impact reported but with total damages estimated at 1.3
billion US$.
• Multi country event in South America/Amazonia for which it is quitedifficult to have realistic figures on the human impact and the causal
factors (both human and natural).
• Australia (September 2019 to February 2020): these long lasting
wildfires led to 32 deaths, burned over 6 million hectares of forest andbush, killed almost 500 million animals, destroyed thousands of homes
and forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate.
Overall, the most notable features of the year included: large, severe andlong-lasting wildfires which captured international attention and had
dramatic impacts on the environment, even if the human impact was lesssevere than in previous years, and multiple heat waves during summer
time with record temperatures in several European countries.”
Website: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/natural-disasters-2019

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2019 Global Natural Disaster
Assessment Report Published
From the press release:
Source: https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73363“This report systematically assessed the global natural disasters occurredin 2019 and over the last 30 years, and analyzed the ranking of China in
Asia and worldwide, using Global Disaster Database (EM-DAT),
China's disaster data, and data collected from the insurance industry.
The main conclusions had been drawn as follows (pp. 3-4):
1. In general, global natural disasters in 2019 were less severe;
2. The majority of global disasters in 2019 were caused by floods
with smaller losses than the average for recent years;
3. 2019 witnessed only a few earthquakes, which was rare in recent
years;
4. The impact of bush fires was substantial;
5. Developing countries account for a large share of the losses, with
the United States and Japan showing significant losses;
6. China's natural disasters losses were light overall but still ranked
high in the world.“
Website: https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73363

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World Risk Report 2020 Published
From the press release:
Source: http://weltrisikobericht.de/english/“Every year millions of people worldwide suffer from disasters in theaftermath of extreme natural events. But whether it be earthquakes,
cyclones or floods, the risk of a natural event turning into a disaster only
partly depends on the force of the natural event itself. The framework
conditions of a society and the structures in place to respond quickly andto provide assistance in the event of emergency are just as significant.
The more fragile the infrastructure network, the greater the extent of
extreme poverty and inequality and the worse the access to the publichealth system, the more susceptible a society is to natural events.
Extreme natural events cannot be prevented directly, but countries can
reduce disaster risk by fighting poverty and hunger, strengthening
education and health, and taking preparedness measures. Those whobuild earthquake-proof buildings, install and use early warning systems
and invest in climate and environmental protection, are better preparedagainst extreme natural events.
The annual editions focus on a main topic and include theWorldRiskIndex. Since 2018 the report is published in cooperation with
the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)of the Ruhr-University Bochum. The WorldRiskReport should
contribute to look at the links between natural events, climate change,
development and preparedness at a global level and to draw futureoriented conclusions regarding relief measures, policies and reporting.”“The WorldRiskIndex states the risk of disaster in consequence of
extreme natural events for 180 of the world’s countries. It is calculated
on a country-by-country basis through the multiplication of exposureand vulnerability. Exposure covers threats of the population and othercertain protected entities due to earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts
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Susceptibility describes the structural characteristics andframework conditions of a society and indicates the likelihood of
suffering from harm in an extreme natural event.
Coping comprises various abilities of societies to be able tominimize negative impacts of natural hazards and climate change
through direct action and the resources available.
Adaptation includes measures and strategies dealing with andattempting to address the negative impacts of natural hazards andclimate change in the future. Adaptation, unlike coping, isunderstood as a long-term process that also includes structuralchanges.

The concept of the WorldRiskIndex, including its modular structure, wasdeveloped together with the United Nations University’s Institute forEnvironment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). In 2017 and 2018, theWorldRiskIndex was revised on the basis of new findings. Changes havebeen made at the level of the indicators. A total of 27 indicators, which
are available in publicly accessible data sets, feed into the Index. Since
2018, the Index is calculated by the Institute for International Law of
Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of Ruhr-University Bochum. Amongother things, the WorldRiskIndex serves as a guidance for decision
makers and identifies fields of action for disaster risk reduction.”
Website: http://weltrisikobericht.de/english/

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3. Conference Announcements
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation we refrain to list any upcoming
conferences and refer to the related internet links given below for updated
information.

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4. Internet Resource List

Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes
http://www.gadri.net/

Emergency Events Database EM-DAT
http://www.emdat.be/World Economic Forum Database
http://reports.weforum.org/

Global Assessment Report and UNISDR
https://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/gar



Munich NatCatService
http://www.munichre.com/en/reinsurance/business/nonlife/natcatservice/index.html

Global Disaster Watch
http://globaldisasterwatch.blogspot.co.at/

RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php



GDACS - Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
http://www.gdacs.org/

Pacific Disaster Center
http://www.pdc.org/

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/home/index.html



United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Global Assessment Report(GAR)
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/gar

PreventionWeb: Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction
community:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/.

Disaster Reduction Hyper base: Web based facility to compile appropriate
disaster reduction technologies and knowledge.

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http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/


MCEER: Collection of disaster management resources, including international,
federal, state, local and non-profit organizations:
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/reference_services/disasterManagementRes
ources.asp



Staffordshire Raynet: Disaster and Emergency Management on the Internet.
Long list of websites for various disasters and databases.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/disaster.htm

Internet Resources for Disaster Studies: University of Delaware Library
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/disasters/internet.htm



FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency: Focus is on the US
http://www.fema.gov/index.shtm



EDEN - Extension Disaster Education Network: Reducing the Impact ofDisasters Through Education
http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/Pages/default.aspx

Disaster Handbook: University of Florida.
http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/links.htm

Disaster Management: Royal Roads University.
http://libguides.royalroads.ca/content.php?pid=64941&sid=480216



Natural Hazards and Disaster Information Resources: University of Colorado at
Boulder (including newsletter).
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistancehttps://www.cfe-dmha.org/



Humanitarian Library
http://www.humanitarianlibrary.org/



UNHCR: Emergency Handbook
https://emergency.unhcr.org/



ProVention Consortium: Working in Partnership to Build Safer Communities andReduce Disaster Risk
http://www.proventionconsortium.net/?pageid=29

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5. Disaster Related Journals
Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRIM Journal
http://idrimjournal.com/index.php/idrim

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
http://www.springer.com/economics/environmental/journal/41885

Journal of Extreme Events
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/joeeWeather and Climate Extremes
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/weather-and-climate-extremes/Climate Risk Management
http://ees.elsevier.com/clrm/

Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters
http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/jgndhome.phpDisaster Health
http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/disasterhealth/International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/727506/descriptio
n#description

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-5973

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/welcome.shtml

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/indexGeorisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems
and Geohazards
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=17499518&linktype=1

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/718675/descriptio
n#description

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

International Journal of Risk Management(IJRM)http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=583

International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering
http://journals.witpress.com/jsse.asp

Global Environmental Change
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30425/description#description

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/about.html

Journal of Emergency Management
http://www.pnpco.com/pn06001.html

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=IJDRBERegional Environmental Change
http://www.springer.com/environment/global+change++climate+change/journal/10113

Natural Hazards Review
http://ascelibrary.org/nho/Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response
http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/jracr/index.html

Environmental Hazards
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=37213

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management(IJCCSM): www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijccsm

Journal of Natural Disaster Science
https://www.jsnds.org/jnds/

Disasters
http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0361-3666&site=1

Environmental Hazards
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=37213

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www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/journal/11069



Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Environmental Change
http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/meteorology+%26+cli
matology/journal/11027



Extremes
http://www.springer.com/statistics/journal/10687

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
http://www.disaster-resilience.salford.ac.uk/international-journal-of-disasterresilienceJournal of Disaster Research
http://www.fujipress.jp/JDR/JDR_about.html

Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM)
http://rpsonline.com.sg/journals/101-ajedm/ajedm.html

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
http://www.springer.com/13753



Disaster Advances
http://www.disasterjournal.net/

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
http://www.ijmed.org/

International Journal of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJDRBC/Disaster Prevention and Management
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=dpm

Risk Analysis
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0272-4332&site=1

Journal of Risk Research
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=13669877&linktype=1

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (IJRAM)
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=24

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6. New Books
Extreme and Systemic Risk Analysis
Authors: Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-15-2688-6
Content: This book is about how extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed in
an integrated way. Risk analysis is understood to include measurement,
assessment as well as management aspects. Integration is understood as being
able to perform risk analysis for extreme and systemic events simultaneously.
The presented approach is based on Sklar's theorem, which states that a
multivariate distribution can be separated into two parts – one describing themarginal distributions and the other describing the dependency between the
distributions using a so-called copula. It is suggested to reinterpret Sklar's
theorem from a system or network perspective, treating copulas as a network
property and individual, including extreme, risk as elements within the network. In
that way, extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed independently as well as
jointly across several scales. The book is intended for a large audience, and alltechniques presented are guided with examples and applications with a special
focus on natural disaster events. Furthermore, an extensive literature anddiscussion of it are given in each chapter for the interested reader.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
Authors: Muneta Yokomatsu, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-15-4319-7
Content: This book provides insight on how disaster risk management canincrease the resilience of society to various natural hazards. The multidimensionality of resilience and the various different perspectives in regards todisaster risk reduction are taken explicitly into account by providing studies andapproaches on different scales and ranging from natural science based methods
to social science frameworks. For all chapters, special emphasis is placed on
implementation aspects and specifically in regards to the targets and priorities foraction laid out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The
chapters provide also a starting point for interested readers on specific issues ofresilience and therefore include extensive reference material and important future
directions for research.

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Disaster Studies
Authors: Janki Andharia
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-329-338-0
Content: This book covers several dimensions of disaster studies as an
emerging discipline. It is the inaugural book in the series ‘Disaster Studies andManagement’ and deals with questions such as “Is disaster management a fieldof practice, a profession, or simply a new area of study?” Exploring
intersectionalities, the book also examines areas of research that could help
enhance the discourse on disaster management from policy and practiceperspectives, revisiting conventional event-centric approaches, which are thebasis for most writings on the subject. Several case studies and comparative
analyses reflect a critical reading of research and practice concerning disasters
and their management. The book offers valuable insights into various subjects
including the challenge of establishing inter- and multi-disciplinary teams within
the academia involved in disaster studies, and sociological and anthropologicalreadings of post-disaster memoryscapes. Each of the contributors has an
enduring interest in disaster studies, thus enriching the book immensely. This
book will be of interest to all the students and scholars of disaster studies anddisaster management, as well as to practitioners and policymakers.
Disaster Risk Communication
Authors: Katsuya Yamori
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-13-2317-1
Content: This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk
communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds,
including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, andmeteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory
action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline inJapan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad
range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations,questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Eachchapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various
hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are
uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.

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Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery from Disasters: Perspectives fromSoutheast Asia
Authors: Ma. Regina M. Hechanova (Editor), Lynn C. Waelde (Editor)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN: 978-1839097911
Content: The book fills a void by bringing together literature in an underrepresented but disaster-prone region - Southeast Asia. It discusses the culturalconsiderations of those providing mental health and psychosocial support in theregion. It highlights the role of education in reducing disaster vulnerability. It
presents ways in which workplace organization have sought to enhance
employee and organizational resilience in the face of disasters. It discusses
how the disaster planning process, including prevention, mitigation, andpreparedness efforts, can be integrated with mental health efforts. It features
how mental health interventions including psychological first aid, resilienceinterventions, mindfulness, and art therapy have been carried out. It also
discusses the issues of those caring for survivors and describes MHPSS
interventions for disaster responders themselves. The book also addresses
post-traumatic growth as an outcomes of disaster exposure, concluding bysummarizing the challenges and prospects for promoting resistance, resilience,and recovery in SEA.
Natural Disasters and Climate Change: Innovative Solutions in Financial Risk
Management
Authors: Juan José Durante (Editor), Rafael Rosillo (Editor)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3030437060
Content: This book presents a technical approach to promoting thedevelopment of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer
strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin
America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance
mechanisms are vital for governments around the world, in order to provide
financial protection and reduce the economic costs and social anddevelopmental impacts of natural disasters and climate change. The book’s
main content is complemented by a wealth of graphics, diagrams and tables
that illustrate the concepts discussed and make the text accessible forpractitioners and non-practitioners alike. The book offers proven, creative andinnovative ideas on how to tackle risk financing and management for natural
disasters and climate change. Strategic topics such as sovereign disaster risk
financing, property catastrophe risk insurance, and agricultural insurance arealso discussed.

Page 23Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems and Societies
Authors: Shalini Dhyani (Editor), Anil Kumar Gupta (Editor), Madhav Karki(Editor)Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-9811547119
Content: Over the past few decades, the frequency and severity of natural andhuman-induced disasters have increased across Asia. These disasters lead to
substantial loss of life, livelihoods and community assets, which not only
threatens the pace of socio-economic development, but also undo hard-earned
gains. Extreme events and disasters such as floods, droughts, heat, fire,
cyclones and tidal surges are known to be exacerbated by environmental
changes including climate change, land-use changes and natural resource
degradation. Increasing climate variability and multi-dimensional vulnerabilities
have severely affected the social, ecological and economic capacities of thepeople in the region who are, economically speaking, those with the leastcapacity to adapt. Climatic and other environmental hazards and anthropogenic
risks, coupled with weak and wavering capacities, severely impact theecosystems and Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) and, thereby, tohuman well-being. Long-term resilience building through disaster risk reduction
and integrated adaptive climate planning, therefore, has become a key priority
for scientists and policymakers alike. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is a costeffective approach that utilizes ecosystem and biodiversity services for disasterrisk reduction and climate change adaptation, while also providing a range ofco-benefits like sustainable livelihoods and food, water and energy
security. This book discusses the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) –both as a science and as art – and elaborates on how it can be applied todevelop healthy and resilient ecosystems locally, nationally, regionally andglobally. The book covers illustrative methods and tools adopted for applying
NbS in different countries. The authors discuss NbS applications andchallenges, research trends and future insights that have wider regional andglobal relevance. The aspects covered include: landscape restoration,
ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction,
ecological restoration, ecosystem-based protected areas management, green
infrastructure development, nature-friendly infrastructure development invarious ecosystem types, agro-climatic zones and watersheds. The book offers
insights into understanding the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at thegrass roots level and can help indigenous and local communities harness
ecosystem services to help achieve them. It offers a unique, essential resource
for researchers, students, corporations, administrators and policymakers
working in the fields of the environment, geography, development, policy
planning, the natural sciences, life sciences, agriculture, health, climate change
and disaster studies.

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Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing Vulnerability to Economic Shocks, Financial
Crises, and Natural Disasters
Authors: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (Editor), Fukunari Kimura (Editor),
Shandremugan Thangavelu (Editor)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-9811528699
Content: This book investigates individual companies’ and industries’ supply
chain risk management approaches to identify risk drivers and verify effectiverisk-reduction measures and business continuity plans.Typically, supply chain
risk assessments focus on normative guidelines based on single best practice
examples or vulnerability events, and there has been little work exploring how
the concepts of supply chain risk management and resilience are related.
However, since this relationship has implications for developing integrated
response strategies, a clear understanding of the possible consequences is afundamental step in building socio-economic resilience along the supply chain.
Against this background, the book addresses three main topics: firstly, it defines
the conceptual and sectoral domains of supply chain risk management andresilience by examining the welfare effects of extreme weather events and othereconomic shocks on selected global supply chains. It then presents an in-depth
analysis of the scope of public–private partnerships to tackle the risks, by
empirically exploring supply chain risk effects and information management.
Thirdly, it proposes a regional cooperation framework in the context of major
supply chain vulnerability events such as disasters and global financial crises.
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Dennis W. Tafoya
Year: 2020
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-3030370732
Content: This book explores how and why an event is a precursor to theemergence of a crisis and how a given crisis affects an organization and its
stakeholders. Using existing systems theory blended with innovative use of wave,
epidemiological, immunological and psycho-social theories, the author discusses
ways to understand the effects of different types of crises while showing how to
document and/or quantitatively measure those effects. The book offers newmodels illustrating how events trigger crises and how they subsequently morph
into catastrophes and disasters. Using theories and tools tested in organizationalsettings to identify contributors to a traumatic event, this book makes a valuable
contribution to organizational and crisis management literature.

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Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Nikolas Scherer
Year: 2020
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-0367342470
Content: This book provides one of the first systematic in-depth studies onregional catastrophe risk pools. It explores the various goals of these newfinancial instruments, illustrating how they function on a conceptual, technicaland practical level, and reconstructs their political genesis. With climate-related
disasters increasing in frequency and severity, Insuring Against Climate
Change explores how affected countries, especially those in the Global South,
have increasingly turned to innovative index insurance instruments, as
demonstrated by the creation of the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance
Facility (CCRIF), the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the Pacific Catastrophe
Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative Facility (PCRAFI Facility). Scherer
scrutinizes the formation of this trend, exploring comparatively the goals,
characteristics and histories of these tools, and argues that their attractivenessrests more on political than economic benefits and is, in fact, more supply thandemand-driven. Making a significant contribution to current debates on theopportunities and limitations of what are sometimes described as indirect ‘climate
risk insurance’, this book will be of great interest to political scientists with aninterest in insurance instruments and climate-related disaster management
politics as well as to practitioners working in the insurance, finance and thedevelopment sectors.
Disaster Risk Communication
Authors: Yamori, Katsuya (Ed.)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-13-2317-1
Content: This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk
communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds,
including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, andmeteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory
action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline inJapan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad
range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations,questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Eachchapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various
hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are
uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.

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An Interdisciplinary Approach for Disaster Resilience and Sustainability
Authors: Pal, I., von Meding, J., Shrestha, S., Ahmed, I., Gajendran, T. (Eds.)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-329-526-1
Content: This book includes selected papers presented at the international
expert forum on “Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in
Education,” held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1–2 December
2017. The journey towards disaster risk reduction and resilience requires theparticipation of a wide array of stakeholders ranging from academics topolicymakers, to disaster managers. Given the multifaceted and interdependent
nature of disasters, disaster risk reduction and resilience require a
multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and evidence-based techniques fromthenatural,social,engineering,
and
other
relevantsciences.
Traditionally, hazard and disaster-related studies have been dominated by theengineering and social science fields. In this regard, the main purpose of thisbook is to capture the multidisciplinary and multisectoral nature of disaster risk
reduction, and to gather existing data, research, conceptual work, and practicalcases regarding risk reduction and its ties to sustainable development under asingle “umbrella.” Along with the sustainability aspect, the book also links
disaster risk reduction with development, technology, governance, education,and climate change, and includes discussions on challenges, solutions, and bestpractices in the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction.
Advances in Spatial and Economic Modeling of Disaster Impacts,
Authors: Yasuhide Okuyama and Adam Rose (Editors)
Year: 2019
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-030-16236-8
Content: This book is divided into three parts. The first part addresses theconceptual and broader issues of disaster modeling, offering insights for better
understanding of disaster characteristics, with the aim of improving thetheoretical representations and interpretations of disasters in quantitative
analysis. The second part presents a series of advances in the state-of-the-art
modeling frameworks using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), InputOutput (I-O), integrated, and other economic models. The third part illustrates
the use of disaster modeling in the decision-making process for recovery andreconstruction after a disaster, as well as for strategies to reduce risk fromfuture disasters. This chapter concludes with a discussion of priorities for future
research, including distributional impacts, integration with financial models, andlong-run sustainability after a disaster.

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Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy andPractice
Authors: Susanna M. Hoffma and Roberto E. Barrios
Year: 2019
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 978-1789206487
Content: A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction
between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies
mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has beenacquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk
construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples’ culture, very
little has become protocol and procedure. Disaster Upon Disaster illuminates thenumerous disjunctions between the suppositions, realities, agendas, andexecutions in the field, goes on to detail contingencies, predicaments, old andnew plights, and finally advances solutions toward greatly improved outcomes.
Already listed new books in previous newsletters with publication date between
2015 and 2018:
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Lucien G. Canton
Year: 2018
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 1119066859
Resilient Structures and Infrastructure 1st ed. 2019 Edition
Authors: Noroozinejad Farsangi, Ehsan (Editor), Izuru Takewaki (Editor), Tony
Y. Yang (Editor), Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl (Editor), Paolo Gardoni (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811374457
Disaster Risk Science
Authors: Peijun Shi (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811366888

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Palaeohydrology: Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events
Authors: Jürgen Herget (Editor), Alessandro Fontana (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030233146
Livestock Survival And Management During Disasters
Authors: Mahadevappa D Gouri (Author), Y. B. Rajeshwari (Author), S. B.
Prasanna (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency -NIPA
ISBN: 9387973107
Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters 1st Edition
Authors: John Rundle (Author), William Klein (Author), Don Turcotte (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0367320495
The UNHCR and Disaster Displacement in the 21st Century: An Organizational
Analysis
Authors: Sinja Hantscher
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030196887
Hurricane Risk
Authors: Jennifer M. Collins (Editor), Kevin Walsh (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ASIN: B07NV9H1YF
The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do
About Them)
Authors: Lucy Jones
Year: 2018
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 978-0385542708

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Climate Change and Insurance: Disaster Risk Financing in Developing Countries
Authors: Eugene N. Gurenko
Year: 2018
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ISBN: 1844074838
The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience
Authors: Amir, Sulfikar (Ed.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-981-10-8508-6
Natural Hazards GIS-based Spatial Modeling Using Data Mining Techniques
Authors: Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza, Rossi, Mauro (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-73382-1
Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance
Authors: Brunetta, G., Caldarice, O., Tollin, N., Rosas-Casals, M., Morató, J.
(Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-76943-1
Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Authors: Sharma, M.L., Shrikhande, Manish, Wason, H.R. (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-76854-0

Big Data in Engineering Applications
Authors: Roy, S.S., Samui, P., Deo, R., Ntalampiras, S. (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-8475-1

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Communicating Climate Change Information for Decision-Making
Authors: Serrao-Neumann, Silvia, Coudrain, Anne, Coulter, Liese (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-74668-5
Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters
Authors: John Hannigan
Year: 2018
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-745-66311-1.
The Asian Tsunami and Post-Disaster Aid
Authors: Sunita Reddy
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-9811301810
Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses
Authors: Bupinder Zutshi, Akbaruddin Ahmad, Ananda Babu Srungarapati Year:
2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-9811088445
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho, Kathryn Adamson, Rachel M Dunk
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319803821
Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
Authors: Mechler R. et al.
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319720258

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Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters: The E-CAT Software Tool
Authors: Rose, A., Prager, F., Chen, Z., Chatterjee, S., Wei, D., Heatwole, N.,
Warren, E.
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-2566-2
Defining and Measuring Economic Resilience from a Societal, Environmental andSecurity Perspective
Authors: Rose, Adam
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-1532-8
Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters
Authors: Gero Michel (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128040718
Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling: A Practitioner's Guide
Authors: Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace (Author), Matthew Jones (Author), John Hillier(Author), Matthew Foote (Author)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1118906047
Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes
Authors: Edward A. Keller (Author), Duane E. DeVecchio (Author) Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138090867
Natech Risk Assessment and Management , 1st Edition, Reducing the Risk of
Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations
Authors: Elisabeth Krausmann, Ana Cruz, Ernesto Salzano
ISBN: 9780128038079
eBook ISBN: 9780128038796
Imprint: Elsevier

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The Economics of the Global Environment: Catastrophic Risks in Theory and
PolicyAuthors: Graciela Chichilnisky (Editor), Armon Rezai (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319319414
Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments
Authors: Troy Sternberg
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8
Rebuilding Fukushima
Authors: Mitsuo Yamakawa (Editor), Daisaku Yamamoto (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1138193796
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies fora Sustainable Future
Authors: Vinod Thomas (Author)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 978-1412864404
Flood Risk Management and Response
Authors: D. Proverbs (Author, Editor), C. A. Brebbia (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
ISBN: 978-1784662417
Natural Disaster Risk Management: Geosciences and Social Responsibility
Authors: Ulrich Ranke (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1784662417

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Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use: Guidance Notes forPlanners
Authors:
Year: 2016
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8
Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters. Havethese houses Still Standing?: Looking Back at Reconstruction and Disaster Risk
Reduction in Housing
Authors: Theo Schilderman (Editor), Eleanor Parker (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Practical Action
ISBN: 185339839X
Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice
Authors: Fabrice G. Renaud (Editor), Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Marisol
Estrella (Editor), Udo Nehren (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319436317
Disasters: Learning the Lessons for a Safer World
Authors: David Eves
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138144231
Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate
Change and Sustainable Development: Shaping Debates and Policies
Authors: Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Manuela Fernández (Editor), Ivanna
Penna (Editor), Michel Jaboyedoff (Editor), JC Gaillard (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319338781
Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach
Authors: Yoshiki Yamagata (Editor), Hiroshi Maruyama (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398105
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Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards
Authors:
Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Haruna Musa (Editor), Gina Cavan(Editor), Paul O'Hare (Editor), Julia Seixas (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398792
Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System: Ruminations on a Way Forward
Authors: Michael Gordy (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319416669
Natural Disasters in China
Authors: Peijun Shi (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662502682
Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa
Authors: Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138002054
Mathematics Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterizationof Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies
Authors: N. Janardhana Raju (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319186620
National Flood Insurance: Management and Accountability in the Wake ofSuperstorm Sandy
Authors: Brenda Murphy (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634843797
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Estimating Fatality Rates for Earthquake Loss Models
Authors: Emily So (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319268376
Resilience by Design
Authors: Alexandra Jayeun Lee (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306391
Disaster Resilience After Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement Efforts, Use of Funds,
and National Mitigation Framework
Authors: Johnathan Carr (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634846451
Content: Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Kathryn Adamson (Editor), Rachel Dunk
(Editor), Ulisses M. Azeiteiro (Editor), Sam Illingworth (Editor), Fatima Alves(Editor)Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319285890
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities: Interdisciplinary Engagement
Strategies
Authors: Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg (Editor), William Sprigg (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306243
Disaster Resilience of Education Systems: Experiences from Japan
Authors: Koichi Shiwaku (Editor), Aiko Sakurai (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431559809
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The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policies and Institutions
Authors: John Handmer (Author), Stephen Dovers (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113897188X
Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance
Authors: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316600882

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Aliperti, G., Nagai, H., & Cruz, A. M. (2020). Communicating risk to tourists:A
mentalmodelsapproachtoidentifying
gaps
andmisperceptions. Tourism Management Perspectives, 33, 100615.
Bucher, A., Collins, A., Taylor, B. H., Pan, D., Visman, E., Norris, J., ... &Cassidy, S. (2020). New partnerships for co-delivery of the 2030
agenda for sustainable development. International Journal of Disaster
Risk Science, 1-6.
Dasgupta, R., Basu, M., Kumar, P., Johnson, B., Mitra, B. K., Avtar, R., &Shaw, R. (2020). A rapid indicator-based assessment of foreign
resident preparedness in Japan during Typhoon Hagibis.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 101849.
Dolatabadi, P. D., Khanlari, K., Ashtiany, M. G., & Hosseini, M. (2020).
System identification method by using inverse solution of equations of
motion in time domain and noisy condition. Physica A: Statistical
Mechanics and its Applications, 538, 122680.
Fang, J., Lincke, D., Brown, S., Nicholls, R. J., Wolff, C., Merkens, J. L., ...
& Liu, M. (2020). Coastal flood risks in China through the 21st
century–An application of DIVA. Science of the Total Environment,
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Gaupp, F., Hall, J., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Dadson, S. (2020). Changing
risks of simultaneous global breadbasket failure. Nature Climate
Change, 10(1), 54-57.
Goltz, J. D., Park, H., Nakano, G., & Yamori, K. (2020). Earthquake groundmotion and human behavior: Using DYFI data to assess behavioral
response to earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra, 8755293019899958
Laurien, F., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Keating, A., Campbell, K., Mechler, R.,& Czajkowski, J. (2020). A typology of community flood
resilience. Regional Environmental Change, 20(1), 1-14.
Liu, H., Tatano, H., & Kajitani, Y. (2020). Estimating lifeline resilience
factors using post-disaster business recovery data. Earthquake
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Mechler, R., Singh, C., Ebi, K., Djalante, R., Thomas, A., James, R., ... &Nalau, J. (2020). Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent
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Mesa-Gómez, A., Casal, J., & Muñoz, F. (2020). Risk analysis in Natech
events: State of the art. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process
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Miyamae, R., & Atsumi, T. (2020). The Picturescue Movement: restoring
photographs following the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Disasters, 44(1),85-102.
Nakano, G., Suwa, S., Gautama, A., & Yamori, K. (2020). Long-term
evaluation of proactive attitudes toward disaster education in Nepal.
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Rose, A., Ganderton, P., Eyer, J., Wei, D., Bostic, R., & von Winterfeldt, D.
(2020). The role of a deductible/credit system for post-disaster public
assistance in meeting alternative policy goals. Journal ofEnvironmental Planning and Management, 1-31
Shi, P., Ye, T., Wang, Y., Zhou, T., Xu, W., Du, J., ... & Su, Y. (2020).
Disaster Risk Science: A Geographical Perspective and a Research
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Yokomatsu, M., Ishiwata, H., Sawada, Y., Suzuki, Y., Koike, T., Naseer, A.,& Cheema, M. J. M. (2020). A multi-sector multi-region economic
growth model of drought and the value of water: A case study inPakistan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43,101368.

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9. Miscellaneous
New Graduate Degree Program
We are pleased to announce a new blended Master of Science (MSc)
Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief course at the
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University ofManchester. Offered jointly with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
this programme is designed for participants who intend to develop
theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the disaster risk
management and humanitarian contexts. Graduates will be equipped towork and become leaders in the fields of disaster management,
humanitarianism, and other related fields. This programme will further
enhance students’ personal and professional development and provide
important collaborative links globally. The application deadline for the fallsemester is 29 April 2016. For more information please visit HCRI’s
website(http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study-with-us/postgraduatetaught/).
Young Scientists Summer Program
Since 1977, IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program(YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose
interests correspond with IIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global
environmental, economic and social change. From June through August
accepted participants work within the Institute’s research programs under
the guidance of IIASA scientific staff. Funding is provided through
IIASA's National Member Organizations.
The program is designed for PhD students (ideally about 2 years prior toreceiving their PhD) working on a field compatible with ongoing research at
IIASA and a wish to explore the policy implications of their work.
Participants will be working under the direct supervision of an experienced
IIASA scientist in a unique interdisciplinary and international research
environment. They will produce a paper (serving as first step towards apublishable journal article) and will get the opportunity to build up contacts
for future collaboration within IIASA's worldwide network.

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How to apply?
Candidates apply via the online application form (find the 'APPLY NOW'
banner on the right side during the application period). Applicants canchose 1-2 programs. If there is additional is interest in one of our flagshipprojects this can be indicated in the box provided in the application form
(under "please justify your choice of programs here"). We strongly
encourage contacting the various program representatives and carefully
read through all program descriptions before making your decision.
Applicants from all countries are welcome, although IIASA gives priority to
citizens or residents of NMO countries. Participation in the YSSP is only
possible for one summer (however, you may apply several times).
Website:http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/about.html

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Head:
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
IIASA- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
Email: hochrain@iiasa.ac.at
Muneta Yokomatsu
Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
E-mail: yoko@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ana Maria Cruz
Consultant, Natech Risk Management
Bordeaux, France
E-mail: cruzanamaria2000@yahoo.com
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Managing Director
Adaptive by Design, Australia
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